# 1971 in China

Events from the year 1971 in China.

## Incumbents

* Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
* President of the People's Republic of China – vacant
* Premier of the People's Republic of China – Zhou Enlai
* Chairman of the National People's Congress – Zhu De
* Vice President of the People's Republic of China – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
* Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China – Lin Biao (until 13 September), Deng Xiaoping (starting 13 September)

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province – Li Desheng
* Governor of Fujian Province – Han Xianchu
* Governor of Gansu Province – Song Ping
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Liu Xingyuan
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Ma Li
* Governor of Hebei Province – Li Zaihe then Liu Zihou
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Pan Fusheng then Wang Jiadao
* Governor of Henan Province – Liu Jianxun
* Governor of Hubei Province – Zeng Siyu
* Governor of Hunan Province – Hua Guofeng
* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Xu Shiyou
* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Cheng Shiqing then She Jide
* Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Huaixiang
* Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Xilian
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Liu Xianquan
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Li Ruishan
* Governor of Shandong Province – Yang Dezhi (starting unknown)
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Liu Geping then Xie Zhenhua
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Zhang Guohua
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Zhou Xing
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Nan Ping

## Events
### March

* March 26 – Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations.

### May

* May 26 – Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.

### June

* June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.

### September

* September 13 – The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.

### October

* October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).

### November

* November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
* Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing

## Births

* January 26 – Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
* October 29 – Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
* November 12 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist

## Deaths

* January 27 — Weng Wenhao, geologist and politician (b. 1889)
* April 25 — T.V. Soong, businessman, banker and politician (b. 1894)
* April 29 — Li Siguang, geologist and founder of China's geomechanics (b. 1889)
* June 15 — Xie Juezai, 3rd President of the Supreme People's Court (b. 1884)
* September 13 — Lin Biao Incident
** Lin Biao, 2nd Minister of National Defence and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1907)
** Ye Qun, politician and wife of Lin Biao (b. 1917)
** Lin Liguo, son of Lin Biao (b. 1945)
* October 27 — Zhang Jingwu, politician and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (b. 1906)